Research Methodology September 23, 2017

Gonzales, Jose Jade Y. MaEd Filipino – I

pp. 64 (Activity 2)

Directions: Check the right column for each referencing item.

Referencing Item True only for APA style True only for MLA style For APA and MLA style
1. (Bravo, 2016, p. 83)

2. Colon after publication

place
3. Date after author

4. Period after the

bibliographical entry
5. Underline title of the
book
6. Date after the publisher

7. Italicized title of the book

8. Capitalized content
words in the title
9. (Auraullo, 383

10. Capitalized initial word

and proper nouns in the
title

pp. 81 (Activity 2)

Directions: Convert each theoretical definition to operational definition.

1. A university is a place for learning.
A university molds every individual through holistic quality program.
2. Electric fan is a device for convenience.
An electric fan provides temporary comfort to people specially during summer and humid weather.
3. Painting is an art.
Painting makes the house look elegant.
4. A phrase is a group of words.
A phrase serves as a constituent in the syntax of a sentence.
5. Patience is an ability to wait.
Patience is characterized as a positive attitude in which the one who possess this will avoid conflict.

pp. 90 (Activity 2)

Directions: Answer each question intelligently and concisely.

1. What should you be thinking of before designing your research?
Ans.: Before designing a research, it must follow a certain order like doing inductive thinking that makes us ponder on
specific ideas first, formulate the research problem or hypotheses, determine the dependent and independent
variables, select the participants or subjects, decide on the specific type of research, conduct the experiment, collect,
analyze, and interpret the results.
2. Does your research still follow a quantitative research design despite its non-use of random selection of subjects?
Why? Why not?
Ans.: Yes because experimental designed is a quantitative research and categorized into two; true experimental
research and quasi-experimental research.
3. How do you know that one is applying a quantitative research design?
Ans.: One is applying a quantitative research if the expression like numerical forms, objective thinking, statistical
methods, and measurement which signals the existence of quantitative research is observed.
4. Supposing you can not apply a true experimental design but you still want to follow a quantitative research design,
what research can you do? Give reasons for answer.
Ans.: If I cannot apply a true experimental design but still want to follow quantitative research design then I must apply
another kind of quantitative research design which is non-experimental research which have a sub-types of survey,
historical, observational, correlation, descriptive and comparative research.

5. What do you mean by experimental and control group?

Ans.: An experimental group is the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested. One variable is
tested at a time. The experimental group is compared to a control group, which does not receive the test variable. In
this way, experimental groups are used to find answers in an experiment.

6. Should the experimental and control group always be selected randomly? Why? Why not?
Ans.: Yes, the objects or subjects involved in these types of research are chosen randomly or selected by chance rather
than by the decision of the researcher.

7. Why do some people resort to applying quasi-experimental design rather than true experimental design?
Ans.: People resort to applying quasi-experimental design rather than true experimental design because though both
follow the same stages in research designing, their difference lies only in the participant-selection process, the first is
randomized, secong, purposive which is the reason why do people resort to applying quasi-experimental design.

8. Do you agree that the best research results come from experimental design? Justify your point.
Ans.: Yes because this design is base on its research method on scientific activity called experiment. Also, it deals with
the object or subject of the research in a definite or exact manner and determine the extent of the effects or influence
of the treatment on the object or subject.

9. If you were to conduct a quantitative research, which quantitative research design would you follow? Explain your
answer?
Ans.: If I were to conduct a quantitative research, the research design that I will follow is survey research because the
tools to be used to collect data are interviews or questionnaires.

10. Do you know some people around who did a research study using a quantitative research design?
Ans.: None so far.

pp. 101 (Activity 1)

Directions: INDIVIDUAL WORK. Fill in the blank with the correct answers.

Central to 1. qualitative research are words; to quantitative research are 2. numbers. In this second type of research, you
use the data gathering technique called 3. survey that uses 4. interview and 5. questionnaire, two data-gathering
instruments that are made up of 6. questions. Questions on things resulting from your experience are called 7.
opinionated questions; those on your interpretative or critical thinking are called 8. factual questions. Survey is a data-
gathering 9. technique while interview and questionnaire are data-gathering 10. instruments. Another quantitative data-
gathering technique is the 11. observation that uses your 12. sense organs, specifically, your 13. eyes and 14. ears in
collecting data. Watching and listening to people and things with your own eyes and ears is a 15. direct observation kind
of observation, with audio tape or videos tape, is 16. indirect observation type of observation 17. experiment is one
quantitative data-collection technique that aims at controlling variables to discover 18. causal relationships. This method
involves independent 19. variables. The 20. dependent variable receive treatment or condition and, if it is given the
performance rating of 95%, it will appear on a scale of measurement called 21. nominal scale.

pp. 102-103 (Activity 3)

Directions: Based on what you learned about interview questions find out if the following interview questions are
effective. Give reasons for your answer.

1. Would you mind telling me all the events again, then give me what took place right after the last event?
No, it is not an effective question because it is confusing.
2. Tell me something about the UCLA’s SPSS and STATA statistical techniques.
Yes because I think this question is effective as you ask an opinion and it is clearly stated.
3. Why don’t you preoccupy yourself mulling over the expediency of having a merrymaking day with those waifs living
with the high-strung, supercilious cantankerous woman?
No, because this art of questioning will lead to confusion of the participant. Instead use simple and basic kind of
questions.
4. Oh, you are in time for our session. Didn’t you find this place easy to locate?
No because this kind of question will might embarrass the interviewee. We should carefully think on how to construct
questions that will not insult or embarrass the selected participant.
5. As a starting question, please tell me why you refuse to attend your Religion subject?
No. I think this question is too direct to begin an interview.
6. Do you find your math subject difficult and what about having some tutorial lessons about it?
Yes, because it is an inquiry based and you offer solution as well.
7. What questions did I fail to ask that you think I should have asked?
No because in an interview, you should organized and to careful to think of asking questions before going into
interview survey.
8. Why do you not like to be identified as Maria Salome when this name sounds unique and nicer than your present
name, Janneth Nicole Angelina?
No because this question is too personal to be asked and be included in a research.
9. My first question is, what do you think of the extent of corruption that has been going on in some government
offices?
Yes this could be a right opening question that would lead to open up ideas.
10. Let me end this session by asking you this question, how did you reach this place?
No because it is not necessary to ask this kind of question.

pp. 103-104 (Activity 4)

Directions: Check the right column that corresponds to the given questions.

Interview Opening Generative Directive Closing

Questions Questions Questions Questions Questions
1. Is there anything
you want me to know
more about your
meeting with the Pope
that you failed to
reveal to me?
2. Can you describe
your feelings upon
seeing the Pope?
3. We have agreed to
have this session in 30
minutes. Is this okay
with you?
4. What makes you so
eager to see the
Vatican City, soon?
5. What time of the
year do you want to
go to Rome?
6. You took a taxi cab
in coming here, didn’t
you?
7. Why do you think
the Pope love visiting
many countries?
8. Would you like
sitting at the window
or near the bulletin
board?
9. Compare and
contrast your
experience in meeting
the previous and the
current Pope?
10. What do you think
was the most
significant thing that
we dealt with in the
interview?